Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-2010
Publication Title
The International Society of Military Ethics, University of San Diego, January 26-29, 2010.
Abstract
This presentation explores the significance of just military preparedness (JMP), or jus ante bellum as a new category of just war theory, for just war thinking, especially with regard to irregular warfare. It articulates six just military preparedness (JMP) principles. It further discusses how America’s military preparation fails the JMP principles and how this negatively impacts its capability to justly initiate, execute, and conclude (irregular) war. This critical analysis takes as its point of departure (former) Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s view that the Pentagon needs to be “reprogrammed” toward a “balanced strategy” of preparing for both conventional and irregular warfare.
Rights
All rights reserved to Dr. Harry van der Linden.
Recommended Citation
van der Linden, Harry, "Just Military Preparedness and Irregular Warfare" The International Society of Military Ethics, University of San Diego, January 26-29, 2010. / (2010): -.
Available at https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/1074